1. O my father, he who visited me in the dark of night
After having long been forbidden

2. He began to speak to me his thoughts
Joyfully, as if released from bondage

3. Until dawn arrived and its light shone
Cutting through the darkness entirely

4. He slipped away as though the night during his visit
Had dressed in a shirt, now doffed and gone

5. Neither does my eye miss him, nor am I
Distraught by anything about his leave